Tag: fixed income

Two of my December short cash-secured put options expired worthless ($AUGO, $ALLY), allowing me to keep the previously-earned premium. Re-deployed the cash as follows: $BLOX, Nicholas Crypto Income ETF Added 25.795 shares @ $18.8985 ($487.49) Yield (TTM) 20.94% Pays weekly $NFLY, YieldMax NFLX Option Income Strategy ETF Added 74.813 shares @ $12.0298 ($899.99) Yield (TTM) […]

Two more of my crypto-related short cash-secured put options expired today not in my favor. $ETH, December $35 put options I was assigned 200 shares @ $35 ($7000) Current share price $28.29 $BTC, December $47 put option I bought back my short put: Bought to close @ $8 ($800.66) Current share price $38.97 Used the […]

Over the weekend, one of my short covered call positions went against me and these shares were called away: $DVN, Devon Energy Sold 200 shares @ $35 ($7,000) Current share price $36.56, but I get to keep the previously-received premiums of $178.66 Used those funds as follows: $GPIX, Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF […]

The freefall of Bitcoin and Ethereum has negatively affected my short put option positions. $BTC, Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF Got assigned 100 shares at $47 per share ($4700) from my cash-secured put $BTC closed today at only $39.57 $ETH, Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF Today I bought to close 2 Nov $36 Puts @ […]

Sold two long time REIT holdings: $WPC, W.P. Carey Sold 721.006 shares @ $67.27 ($48,501.67) $CWYUF, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust Sold 1300 shares @ $18.74 ($24,366.55) Redeplyed these funds as follows: 3 month T Bill $10,000, yield 3.84% 1 year T Bill $25,000, yield 3.70% 2 year T Bill $25,000, yield 3.55% $RSPA, Invesco […]

Had a 3 mo. T-Bill for $40,000 mature today. Used those funds as indicated below: $BITO, ProShares Bitcoin ETF Bought 150 shares @ $19.95 54.64% yield, pays monthly $SGOV, iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF Added 342.644 shares @ $100.67 4.43% yield, pays monthly

Sold some cash-secured put options today: $QQQI Sold 1 Sept $53 @ $.50 ($50) 10.76% annualized yield $BITO Sold 2 Sept $19 @ $.45 ($90) 13.51% annualized yield $YBTC Sold 1 Sept $45 @ $1.00 ($100) 25.35% annualized yield $SGOV Bought 150 shares @ $100.56 ($15,084.53) Parking some cash here for 4.44% monthly dividend

$SGOV  iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF: Sold $TFLO  iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF: Sold Sold all my holdings in $SGOV and $TFLO. Buying 3 month T-Bills myself will save on fees and the 7-day yield is actually a bit higher. Bought a 3 Month T-Bill ($50,000) for a 4.289035% yield. $SPYT  Defiance S&P […]

Added small amounts to several of my closed-end funds today. $THQ: healthcare, pays 11.24% monthly, selling at a 5.6% discount, holdings include Eli Lilly, United Health Care, Abbvie, Johnson and Johnson, Merck $LDP: limited duration bonds and preferred stocks, pays 7.50% monthly, selling at a 4.94% discount, holdings include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Charles Schwab, NextEra […]

Kinder Morgan (KMI) Bought 190 shares @ $26.3599 Yield 4.35% Energy infrastructure   Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) Bought 273 shares @ $18.28 Yield 6.75% Energy infrastructure   NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE-PR) Added 220 shares @ $43.0193 Yield 8.04% Electric utility, clean energy, preferred shares   Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Bought 525 shares @ […]